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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:45:32
From: Abbie Hantgan [ahantgan at gmail.com]
Subject: Aspects of Bangime Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax

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Institution: Indiana University Bloomington 
Program: Department of Linguistics 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2013 

Author: Abbie Hantgan

Dissertation Title: Aspects of Bangime Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax 

Dissertation URL:  http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/1467468718.html?FMT=ABS

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Phonology
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Bangi Me (dba)

Language Family(ies): Language Isolate


Dissertation Director(s):
Samuel Gyasi Obeng
Robert Botne
Stuart M Davis
Jeffrey Heath

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation provides a description of aspects of the phonology,
morphology, and morphosyntax of Bangime. Bangime is a language isolate
spoken in the Dogon language speaking area of Central Eastern Mali.
Although the Bangande, the speakers of Bangime, self-identify with the
Dogon, their language bears practically no resemblance to the surrounding
Dogon languages. Bangime has limited productive morphological processes
whereas Dogon languages are agglutinating, with productive morphemes to
indicate inflectional and derivational verbal and nominal processes.
Bangime has a complex tonal system. General tendencies of the tonal
patterns are described, with the many exceptions which frequently occur
also outlined. Nominal tonal meloadies are apparent in plural forms.
Objects in verb phrases receive tonal agreement with tones on the verb in
accordance with the subject of the sentence.

The tense, aspect, and mood system of the language is also complicated.
Inflectional marking on the verb, auxiliaries, and the word order all
contribute to the indication of the tense, aspect or mood of the sentence.
An overview of these multifaceted phonological and morphological processes
is provided in this dissertation with hypotheses as to how the language
might have evolved.






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